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Thank you Touareg, melph68, Pumbaa, Trrp-trrrrrrrr, Hilda and barryels

@melph68
The Cape Cobra sighting was indeed very exciting

@ Pumbaa
But I guess it would be not a good idea to try and cuddle that Kitty Cat



What it's unusual about that, is that he is not even closer to the braai
The Jackals at Nossob are very clever and smart

@ barryels
Welcome back

05.11.

Well today was a really quiet day….
We did not start too early, vsited wanderw for a last little chat before heading towards the northern direction.

South of Kwang we spotted this Whistling Rat.


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At Kwang a couple of Wildebeest ad a drink


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Soon they were leaving again…


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It was a hot day and sightings were rare.
So we returned back to the camp, did some washing and thought if the animals are having a slow day, we can have one too…..

Meanwhile I played around with my camera.

Love the message on the plugs….


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The new Emergency Fire Buckets


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Nossob Shop sign


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Petrol Station


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Only sighting on the afternoon drive, a PCG. But beautiful light.


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Back at the camp we went over to the hide


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One of the Nossob Jackals at the waterhole


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Nossob evening mood


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We had a chat with arks and while we sat there, I discovered that the AWC was back to check out the Bats once again…


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Back at our bungalow we discovered a Mouse, how cute she was and really tiny….
We already spotted one of those at Grootkolk, but then she was way too fast and gone in seconds before I had the chance to take a photo….


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I guess it’s an African Pygmy Mouse, but still need some help with the ID…..

new camera? or just trying features you normally don't use? Love the TOTAL - red!

and once again the kitties

No new Camera
The small one that you already saw in Düsseldorf....
Just tried some new features
Francolin wanted me to take this photo of the petrol station and the pic is going to be on the wall of the study

Another great episode with super pics.

You definitely got the hang of the new features.

The Whistling Rat is huge katydownunder! Awesome video!

Love the PCG, with the AWC my absolute favourite in this episode!

Stunning pix once again!
The cobra - I was very proud of my sister with the cobra incident - she did not scream and she moved fast once she saw the snake. Thank you for warning her.
I think you should play with your camera more often - love the fire buckets, and 'Total' has never looked so good in SA before!

Lovely TR and photos....AGAIN
Love the AWC eyeballing the Bats



Did the Rat perhaps whistled "Waltzing Matilda"? Only joking

I'm so late... sorry
no notification since several days

love all
with a little preference for the cat and the Cobra

From own experiences I know that already pet cats have part of such a wild cat still in them

Nevertheless such visits by nights from these wild cats are gorgeous and your pictures are great - Hopefully one day I will see my very first one

Hi KDU, I am so late in joining this TR but I am on board now! Stunning images, well done and thanks for sharing

Thank you Trrp-trrrrrrrr, hilda, wanderw, Philip1, anne-amrie, Pumbaa and Tobieo

@ Trrp-trrrrrrrr

Thank you!

@ hilda
I just love those Whistling Rats

@ wanderw

We were glad that we saw the Cobra in time…
It’s a nice little camera, and yes I guess I am going to “play” with some of the features more often in the future

@ Philip1


@ Pumbaa


See your first Wildcat?!
I guess you have to come to KTP the next time…

@ Tobieo
Welcome on board

06.11.

This morning we are driving towards the southern direction….
It was quiet until we reached Marie se Draai. Here we found Wildebeest, Kudus, Oryx, Springboks and lots and lots of Jackals….
At times we counted as many as 25 Jackals around Marie….

It was great to see the magnificent Kudus. To observe the interaction between the Jackals. Wildebeest shooing away the Jackals and, and, and….


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Chasing away the Springboks


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The Jackals were not happy that the Kudus were coming to the waterhole for a drink


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This Kudu had quite some strange Horns


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Jackal interaction….


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The spectator


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To be continued….

I'm lagging a bit behind...

Those banded mongoose - wow - I never knew they
existed in KTP. Now I wonder if we might have seen
some as well, but mistook them for squirrels.

The lion at UE picnic spot - looks very familiar.
As do the stunning weather photos. But by now I learned
that wanderw and markw stayed at GK at the same time
as you.

Those colours really make me go all
Something KTP hasn't granted me this time around.

The wild cat at Nossob is probably more like a domestic cat.
Very cute though!

And the kudus were still around as well. Never seen that many
than on this trip.

It was the first time that we saw Banded Mongoose as well, and it seems to be an unusual sighting, as Jannie was VERY surprised (to say the least) when we told him about it....



Spot on LS we were immediate neighbours....
And they were only minutes driving behind us when the thunderstorm arrived.
They had even hail, we missed that


Still not going to try and touch her

Indeed there were really a lot Kudus around this time, not only at Marie se Draai, but later athe boreholes in the Auob as well.....